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13-09-2011
Embrace internship programme

 GABORONE - Graduates have been urged to embrace the national internship programme under the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs.

Addressing graduates during the Botswana International Financial Service Centre (IFSC) career fair held in ... Read more...

18-07-2011
Vantage mezz fund gets $25m from AfDB

South Africa-based private equity investor Vantage Capital has received a $25million commitment to its Vantage Capital Fund II (VCF II) from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

VCF II is targeting $250million ... Read more...

15-07-2011
AfDB Approves USD 25 Million Investment Support to African Businesses

 The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 25-million equity investment in Vantage Capital Fund II (VCF II). This second-generation multi-sector fund, designed to reach USD 250 ... Read more...

12-07-2011
Botswana IFSC regulatory framework now available on the website

Botswana operates a sound legal and regulatory environment informed by compliance to international standards and best practice. Botswana has acceded to international conventions and is strictly observing internationally accepted guidelines on combating money laundering ... Read more...

28-06-2011
Botswana IFSC will hold the 8th annual Career Fair on the 9th September 2011 at Fairgrounds Boipuso

About 50 exhibitors and 1000 graduates are expected to take part at this year’s fair as compared t about 600 graduates in 2010. This will bear testimony to the demand and growth of the ... Read more...

01-04-2011
Botswana economy grows 7.2%

Botswana's economy grew by 7,2 per cent in 2010 after shrinking 4,9 per cent the year before, data from the Central Statistics Office showed.

"The main drivers to the increase was mining, ... Read more...

15-03-2011
BancABC 2010 Group Results Please In Watershed Year

BancABC, the Banking Group with operations in Botswana,Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, today announced strong full year audited results for the year ended December 31,2010.

Commenting on the results, Mr. Doug Munatsi, Group CEO for ... Read more...

24-02-2011
Botswana, Zambia sign customs agreement

Botswana and Zambia have signed a bilateral agreement on customs administration meant to facilitate fast clearance and movement of goods between the two countries.

In an interview, the Botswana High Commissioner to Zambia Tuelonyana ... Read more...

22-10-2010
Securities legislation underway

GABORONE - Government is drafting a securities legislation that will replace the existing Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) Act in order to rationalise the regulatory structures governing capital markets including transforming the BSE from a ... Read more...

20-10-2010
Private Equity and finance experts meet to discuss ways of boosting investment in Southern Africa

Institutional investors from several Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries will be meeting in Gaborone, from October 19 to 20, 2010, with the objective to discuss opportunities for investment in private equity in Africa.

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